Jess Barker(1912-2000)

Jess Barker was born on 4 June 1912 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Scarlet Street (1945), Reign of Terror (1949) and Cover Girl (1944). He was married to Susan Hayward. He died on 8 August 2000 in North Hollywood, California, USA.

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Alternative name
- Philip Barker
Height
- 5′ 11¾″ (1.82 m)
Born
- June 4, 1912
- Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Died
- August 8, 2000
- North Hollywood, California, USA(cirrhosis of the liver)
Spouse
- Susan HaywardJuly 23, 1944 - August 18, 1954 (divorced, 2 children)
Other works
Stage: Appeared in "You Can't Take It With You" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman (also director). Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Techncial Assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Isaac Benesch. Press Representative: John Peter Toohey. Booth Theatre (moved to The Imperial Theatre from 19 Sep 1938-close): 14 Dec 1936-3 Dec 1938 (838 performances). Cast: Ruth Attaway (as "Rheba"), Frank Conlan (as "Mr. DePinna"), Mitzi Hajos, Virginia Hammond, Franklin Heller, George Heller, Ralph Holmes (as "G-Man"), Josephine Hull (as "Penelope Sycamore"), William J. Kelly, George Leach, Anna Lubowe, Oscar Polk (as "Donald"), Hugh Rennie (as "Wilbur C. Henderson"), Margot Stevenson (as "Alice Sycamore"), George Tobias (as "Boris Kolenkhov"), Henry Travers (as "Martin Vanderhof" / "Grandpa"; final Broadway role), Paula Trueman (as "Essie"), Frank Wilcox. Produced by Sam Harris. Replacement actors during Booth Theatre run: Aldrich Bowker (as "Martin Vanderhof, Grandpa"), George Calvert (as "G-Man"), C.M. Clough (as "G-Man"), Muni Seroff (as "Boris Kolenkhov"), Fred Stone. NOTE: Filmed as You Can't Take It with You (1938).
Publicity listings
- 1 Pictorial

Trivia
Spent the last several years of his life in an apartment building in North Hollywood, CA. Although he and ex-wife Susan Hayward went through a bitter, contentious divorce in 1954 that dragged on for quite some time, friends who knew him during the latter part of his life said that he had photos of Susan all over the walls of his apartment, framed photos of her on desks and tables and had said many times that he had never gotten over the divorce and wished that it had never happened.